We love seeing pets go home!
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Finding forever homes for as many orphaned pets as we possibly can is absolutely our goal. We celebrate adoptions and invite adopters from all over to meet their match here at the R-H SPCA.
All cats and dogs are required to be spayed or neutered per Virginia state law, which helps prevent more puppies and kittens in need of forever homes! |
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Our volunteers donate their time to keep pets in our care happy, socialized, exercised, and loved. This enrichment makes an enormous difference in the quality of life for our pets while they await meeting their perfect families or people. Learning social skills, basic obedience, and refining manners helps these pets prepare for a new lease on life in their forever homes.
Volunteering isn't limited to working with animals onsite. We need help with adoption events, fundraisers, and outreach as well! Volunteers help us with pet showcases to help our pets meet potential adopters out and about at local venues throughout our community. |
Volunteer Linda works with an adorable new arrival in the Adoptable Cat room.
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Adoption Ambassador Thomas with Maya, a shepherd/pit bull mix who needed some help unwinding from the kennel.
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We utilize our foster program for pets with special needs such as mothers with litters, pets recovering from illness and/or trauma, or young babies who need to grow up a bit before being ready for adoption. These special needs pets require the attention and TLC of a one-on-one foster parent.
Adoption Ambassadors We're proud to begin our Adoption Ambassadors program! Our Ambassadors take in orphaned pets that are having a difficult time adjusting to the shelter environment. Maybe being in a kennel is stressing them out, or they simply need more room to roam. Maybe they need some help developing social skills or managing fears or phobias of strangers, new experiences, or need some time to "decompress" from the day-to-day stress of the shelter. Our Ambassadors help pets find their forever homes directly from foster care, so the adjustment from home-to-home is gentler than the adjustment from shelter-to-home. |
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We are proud to work with 70 (and counting) limited admission and breed-specific rescue groups! Our rescue group allies help us address pets with special health and behavioral needs, find fosters, and take pets to areas with a higher adoption demand.
With 25% of new hoarding cases involving "rescuers," we feel that it's important for the well-being of the pets to vet our rescue groups. We make sure that our rescue group partners are in compliance with all state and federal regulations as well as share our standards of care for animal welfare and public health and safety. The needs of each and every pet should be adequately met. |
An early morning transport vehicle and crates ready to fill with pets headed to rescue!
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We work closely with the ASPCA on helping to find forever homes for the shelter animals.
We are pleased to help the ASPCA with pet transfers as needed. During overnight stops, R-H SPCA staff help feed and walk the dogs, and get them settled in for the night. The next day, the dogs are placed back on the van to complete the trip to their new destination. We appreciate our strong partnership with the ASPCA! |
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Matching reports and reuniting pets with the families and people who are missing them is a major part of helping our community. Families missing their friend or good Samaritans who've found a pet should make a report so we can be on the look out for potential matches.
We encourage owners to come in and look at new arrivals with their own eyes since no one will know their pet like they do. Finders are encouraged to bring the pet they found by so we can scan for a microchip and take a photo in case an owner comes forward. |
Staff checks lost pet reports against a recent arrival.
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